Yahaya Bello: APC chieftains task EFCC on due process

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By Emmanuel Mogbede

Chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have tasked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on ensuring due process in its dealings with financial crime suspects.

Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, a lawyer and Head of the Tinubu Media Support Group, made the call at a news conference on behalf of  concerned APC chieftains on Friday, in Abuja.

Onokpasa was reacting to the alleged financial misappropriation by former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi

According to him,  EFCC should have formally invited him for questioning with documented evidence rather than inviting him through a telephone call.

“We concerned chieftains, stalwarts and stakeholders of the ruling APC find certain pertinent issues emanating from the matter between former governor Bello of Kogi and the EFCC.

“The development is quite unfortunate, most disturbing and totally unacceptable in a nation governed by laws.

“Indeed, an unbiased assessment of the goings-on in this matter…



Source: News Agency of Nigeria